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Old 01-27-2009, 12:24 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules View Post
My experience is that we are generally so isolated from other nations and cultures that we simply lack the exposure and experience that would remotely compare to that in other countries. So knowledge or even the simple appreciation of different currencies, languages, governments, societal differences, etc. are lacking not from neglect or disregard but mostly because there is little need. We're just ignorant.
We are also arrogant (present company excepted). So far as I can tell we are the only country in the word that requires reading the native language to deal with currency. If you look at our coins we always write out the numbers in words rather than using numbers like the rest of the world. Not very tourist friendly.

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